World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka added another chapter to her rivalry with Serena Williams when they faced off at the 2013 Western & Southern Open this past Sunday. Azarenka edged Serena 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) to increase her head-to-head against the 16-time Grand Slam champion to… 3-12. Azarenka can take comfort in that stat, though, with 2 of those 3 wins against Serena coming in matches played this year.

In their trophy ceremony, Azarenka was awarded a Jeroboam of Moët & Chandon Imperial, which she asked Serena if she should open. “I was encouraging her,” said Serena in the post-match conference, being careful to point out that it was Azarenka’s idea to spray the champagne on the court.

“She did [encourage],” Vika said. “She said, ‘yeah, you should pop it.’ I was like, I know, I want to, but I need to get more practice because I felt like I’m not directing it too well.” Seems like you did just fine, Vika!

Moët & Chandon toasted both 2013 Western & Southern Open men’s title winnerRafael Nadal and runner-up John Isner (pictured) for their efforts at this year’s event. The Spaniard, who owns 9 Grand Slam titles, notched his 26th Masters Series title — and first ever in Cincinnati — with his 7-6(8), 7-6(3) victory over the unseeded American.

Moët, the official champagne of the Western & Southern Open, also celebrated the tournament’s record-breaking attendance numbers for the event: over 186,000 over the 10 days of play, including a one-day record of 25,155 for Thursday’s combined day and night sessions, and a session record of 13,704 for Wednesday’s day session.

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